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The City Below
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The City Below

Sep 15, 2010
1h 45m
★ 5.3

Overview

A man and a woman at an art exhibition share a fleeting moment of attraction, which neither can act upon. Days later, a chance second meeting leads to an innocent coffee and the two strangers – both married - toy with their unexplainable fascination for each other. Svenja is curious and finds herself in a hotel room with Roland, but she does not consummate an affair. A powerful executive at the large bank where Svenja's husband works, Roland is used to getting what he wants. He manipulates the transfer of her husband to Indonesia to replace a recently murdered bank manager. Unaware of Roland’s actions, Svenja now ceases to resist...

Genres

Romance
Drama

Production Companies

WDR
Heimatfilm

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Cast

Nicolette Krebitz

Svenja Steve

Nicolette Krebitz

Robert Hunger-Bühler

Roland Cordes

Robert Hunger-Bühler

Mark Waschke

Oliver Steve

Mark Waschke

Corinna Kirchhoff

Claudia Cordes

Corinna Kirchhoff

Lâm Vissay

Andre Lau

Lâm Vissay

Wolfgang Böck

Werner Löbau

Wolfgang Böck

Paul Faßnacht

Hermann Josef Esch

Paul Faßnacht

Oliver Broumis

Uwe Maas

Oliver Broumis

Robert Schupp

Frank Kressnick

Robert Schupp

André Dietz

Stefan Scharf

André Dietz

Michael Abendroth

Hartmut John

Michael Abendroth

Johannes Kiebranz

Gordon Parker

Johannes Kiebranz